Well, it took a panel of three judges (myself and two people who are not familiar with Renderosity) and a vote/points system, but after some grueling decisions because everyone did so excellently, the contest winners have been chosen! I would like to be the first to congratulate the winner of the first prize package, Ariah! All of us agreed that her unique magic formation is what was so special about this fantastic piece of art! I have uploaded the winning picture here: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=697087&Start=1&Sectionid=1&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNew=Yes Also, for our superb second place winner, I would like to congratulate Predatron for his formidable image that contained so many wonderful details and of course no one could resist that cute little girl and the toad! There were so many people that also came close to winning, I'd like to give a bunch of honourable mentions here, who are the other people that recieved votes from our judges: Prog Fogge Calum5 Paintgirl Cylithera dido6 Doodles Ferguson FlyByNight InvisibleSun jlneveloff lupus Well done everyone! Thank you so much for participating in such a fun contest!

As an addendum, my husband has insisted that I add HalfEsperLaura (and there might be some more honourable mentions that were missed) because he loved the Final Fantasy VII-esque picture :)

Tell your hubby thanks! ^_^ I'm glad everyone enjoyed my pic, and congrats to the winners! Those two images really deserve it! I was particularly impressed by the "painterly" quality to the colors in Predatron's entry. And MistDragon, thanks so much for holding such a fun contest!

That was alot of fun. It was very nice to be in one. Congrats to the winners. :-)

Thank You, MistDragon! And thank You, Panel of Judges! (God, I feel... Wonderful. It's my first time, really... I don't know what to say) Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Contest! So many magical entries... Once again, Thank You, MistDragon!!!!